Maven Tools MCP server

Maven Tools MCP Server

Maven Tools MCP Server gives MCP-capable clients a practical way to inspect JVM dependencies using live Maven Central data.

It is built for developers and agents that need more than a plain version lookup: stability filtering, upgrade comparisons, dependency health signals, license data, CVE checks, and optional documentation lookups through Context7.

What It Helps With

• Version checks: find stable releases and compare upgrades with major/minor/patch context.
• Dependency audits: inspect age, release cadence, known vulnerabilities, and license data.
• POM analysis: resolve declared dependency versions through parents and BOMs without building the project.
• Upgrade planning: get structured edits an agent can validate and apply, with major upgrades, conflicts, and overrides flagged for review.
• Documentation: look up library docs through the optional Context7 tools.

Coordinate-based tools work with Maven, Gradle, SBT, and Mill projects. The POM analysis and upgrade-planning tools take Maven pom.xml files.

Quick Start

Prerequisite: Docker installed and running. No local Java installation is required. For a Docker-free setup, see building and running the JAR.

Claude Desktop

Add the maven-tools entry to your Claude Desktop config (see config file locations):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "maven-tools": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "arvindand/maven-tools-mcp:latest"]
    }
  }
}

VS Code + GitHub Copilot

Add the following server to .vscode/mcp.json in your workspace:

{
  "servers": {
    "maven-tools": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "arvindand/maven-tools-mcp:latest"]
    }
  }
}

Image Variants

CONTEXT7APIKEY is optional. Most setups can start without it. If your environment requires Context7 auth, or you want to avoid anonymous limits, pass it through Docker with -e CONTEXT7APIKEY.

For fuller setup guidance, including JAR and native-container usage, Docker Compose, and environment notes, see docs/setup.md.

Available Tools

The default image exposes 11 MCP tools; -noc7 exposes the 9 core tools.

Maven intelligence tools

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.